Gnowsis 0.9.2 released
Outlook Integration
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Installation in Gnowsis
To extract data from outlook just configure the ''gnowsis_outlookadapter'' service. Open options window in gnowsis, see if the service is installed and configure it. It should then show up in your data sources.
To get rid of the Outlook Script Nag Screen (someone wants to use outlook, is it ok?) do the following: download and install outlook redemption. www.dimastr.com/redemption.
download - unzip - click on install.
Installation In Outlook
To use gnowsis from outlook, you have to install the PocketXMLRPC utility. We use this to make XML-RPC calls from Visual Basic through an ActiveX. For convenience, the used version is in the gnowsis package under /gnowsis_outlookadapter/plugin_for_outlook/PocketXMLRPC_w32_110.zip.
Then you have to include the scripts into Microsoft Outlook. Do this by going to the macro window (pressing alt+F11) and then "import". The file you need is in /gnowsis_outlookadapter/plugin_for_outlook/.
To use macros in Outlook you have two choices:
- sign your macro (I didn't sign them). Do this by calling
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\selfcert.exeto create a certificate for yourself and then edit the macro in outlook and go to "extras-security-sign". - switch security (extras-macro-security) to "dangerously low".
The next tedious point is: To add the macro to the GUI of Outlook, you have to manually add the macro to the menu bar. Do this by right-clicking the menu bar and draggin the macros "integration.link" and "integration.browse" to the menu bar.
Then it should be possible to call gnowsis from outlook. As you can imagine, this is a hack.
IF you want an ActiveX plugin for Outlook, that calls the functions, be our guest and program it. We do not have the resources to code this at the moment.
